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The AI on my phone says it cannot set reminders

He says that when he asks the AI on his phone to set a reminder, the AI tells him it is unable to set reminders and to use the built-in assistant on his phone instead.

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How it works

  1. Asks the AI on his phone to set a reminder
  2. The AI says it is unable to set reminders
  3. It tells him to use the phone's built-in assistant

Why it’s worth knowing

Setting a reminder is one of the basic jobs a phone assistant had for years, and the AI on his phone says it cannot do it.

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Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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